The Voter Suppression Continues In Wisconsin

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The Great Finagle goes on. Scott Walker, the goggle-eyed homunculus hired by Koch Industries to manage their Midwest subsidiary formerly known as the state of Wisconsin, is trying to get rid of same-day voter registration because all the wrong people wind up registering and then voting, and we can't have that. That is, of course, the real reason. Now, the state's Government Accountability Board has shredded every one of his bullpucky excuses. It will not be cheaper. It will not ease the burden on overworked poll workers. And that pesky federal government is going to get in the way anyway. Not that it matters to Walker's merry band of allies in the legislature.

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(This is the same GAB, you may recall, the composition of which Walker's gunsels want to change from retired judges to political appointees, because, you know, FREEEDOOMMMM!)

Sen. Glenn Grothman (R-West Bend) said he had not yet reviewed the material from the accountability board and remained committed to trying to end election-day registration. "They ought to push that out of the chute," he said. "It should be on the floor in January." He said he believed election-day registration made it easier to commit voter fraud, though he acknowledged he had no evidence to support that is happening. "I can't prove it, but we all believe it," he said of fraud. "It would be harder to cheat under Motor Voter and that's why we should go with Motor Voter."